This command will get or set the computer system date.
DATE fn/v | Required - The date field that either contains the new date value or will be the holder. |
what-to-do | GET - The program will get the system date value and put it into the date_field field. |
SET - The program will set the system date to that value in date_field.
COMMENTS
This command will affect just the workstation it is running on and no others if you are running on a network.
EXAMPLE
define todays_date type D size 8
DATE todays_date GET //current date
or
DATE todays_date SET //The program will set the system date to that value in date_field.
SEE ALSO
DATE(), DTOC(), DMY(), MDY(), DOM(), YEAR(), CMNTH(), MNTH(), CDOW()